Court documents say Dial provided false information to the Federal Aviation Administration for years to be able to work as a pilot for an air ambulance service in Susanville and as a news helicopter pilot in Sacramento and San Francisco.

Dial's last recorded flights were under his real name using fake FAA documents to get a job with Sacramento's KCRA-TV.

Documents show Dial has used 24 other names and aliases over the past 12 years.